When families in the typical American home were polled by the Pew Research Center on who makes the decisions in a number of household areas – including family finances – women came out ahead: 43 percent said women made more decisions, 26 percent said men made more decisions, and 31 percent said decision making was […]
Here are more legislative reforms the new Congress should consider to promote entrepreneurship and business development in America: Allow Tax Credits for Job-Changing Education. One of the stranger dichotomies in tax law has to do with your ability to deduct continuing education classes. Under current law, you can deduct classes that improve your ability to […]
Did the “turkey shortage” rumor cross your path? Supposedly prices were going to jump last week just in time for Thanksgiving. Hogwash! (Unfortunately, “turkeywash” just doesn’t sound right.) There were plenty of great deals on turkeys at your local supermarket. However, the “yes there is a shortage and no there’s not a shortage” news stories […]
In my first article on Flashfunders I described how they were meeting the needs of both startups and investors. They’re giving startups a fast and clean way to access seed money and they’re giving accredited investors an easy way to get a portion of their portfolios in startups. And, I need to mention, at no […]
“I don’t think we’re doing it better; I know we’re doing it better.” That’s the kind of confidence you always want to hear from someone who’s heading a startup and in this case the guy making the statement is Vincent Bradley, one of the co-founders of Flashfunders. The story of his company is especially interesting […]